Mouth Actions in Sign Languages. An Empirical Study of Irish Sign Language

• Auteur principal: Mohr, Susanne (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: De Gruyter 2014
• Collection: Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC]
• Sujets: Sign Language Non-Manual Features Word Classes Irish Sign Language.
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Mouth actions in sign languages have been controversially discussed but the sociolinguistic factors determining their form and functions remain uncertain. This first empirical analysis of mouth actions in Irish Sign Language focuses on correlations with gender, age, and word class. It contributes to...